A Yoga Studio In New York City Is Now Offering Co-Ed Classes In The Nude

Before you go spending $98 on a new pair of Lululemon yoga pants,
consider hitting the studio in the nude.

Bold & Naked Yoga studio in New York is now offering
co-ed naked yoga classes after limiting the sultry sessions to
only men for the past seven years.

"The first thing that comes to mind is you save a lot of money —
you don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on Lululemon," Bold
& Naked co-owner Joschi
Schwarz told Well
+ Good.

Participants in the classes
will be prohibited from wearing a single article of clothing
during instruction.

"All participants must be naked in order to keep everyone on the
same level and equal," the studio's website says. "That's what naked
yoga is all about."

The website explains that practicing yoga naked "frees you from
negative feelings about your body and allows to to be more
accepting and deeper connected with yourself and the world around
you."

Touching other participants is okay, but only if its non-sexual
in nature.

"Sometimes teachers will incorporate partner work into their
classes that involves touching and body contact between members,"
the website says. "However, this is not to be 'sexual touching'
and should any contact of sexual nature occur, it will not be
tolerated and will result in the offending member being asked to
leave."

Erections might happen, according to the "Frequently Asked
Questions" section of the website, but only rarely.

"When it does [happen] it's okay and nothing to be embarrassed
about," the website assures. "It will pass quickly."

Bold & Naked, formerly called Le Male Yoga, is co-owned
by Schwarz and Monika Werner. The studio, which
began offering the co-ed classes this month, has more than 7,700
fans on Facebook.

"We are both European, so we are pretty liberal to begin with,"
Schwarz told Well + Good. "I was a little bit
scared [of New Yorker's reactions], but New York is coming with
us. I hope they will realize how cool and freeing and liberating
it can really be."